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resort during the sickly season ; in very wet seasons they are 

 occasionally subject to light cases of fever. 



A large number of persons have lived to a great age in 

 this county. On St. Simon's, there are, in a population 

 of 80 whites, six heads of families who are more than 75 

 years of age. Mr. P. Grant was 84 when he died ; was at 

 the battle of Bloody Marsh under Gen. Oglethorpe. The wife 

 of this gentleman died at the age of 80. Captain Christopher 

 Poullain Dubignon died at 87 years. Mr. John Couper is 

 now living, who has reached more than 90 years, possessed 

 of great conversational powers, extraordinary memory, and 

 whose mind is stored with highly interesting incidents con- 

 nected with southern Georgia. This gentleman and the Hon. 

 Thomas Spalding, of the adjoining island of Sapelo, are the 

 only two surviving signers of the Constitution of Georgia. 



Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Shells. — There are no miner- 

 als or rocks in this section, but a great variety of interesting 

 fossils have been found in different places. In the Brunswick 

 canal, during the years 1838 and 1839, a large quantity of fos- 

 sil bones was discovered. 



This county has acquired much celebrity among the na- 

 turalists of Europe and this country for the number of beau- 

 tiful and rare shells which have their habitat in its rivers and 

 creeks. Among these is the Unio spinosus, said to be found 

 only in the Alatamaha river, and which is esteemed very 

 highly by the lovers of Conchology. A reference to the Cata- 

 logue of shells found in Georgia, will show that this county is 

 peculiarly rich in unios, anadontas, ampullaria, &c. 



Character of the People. — Intelligence is a leading trait 

 in the character of the people. Many of the planters have 

 been educated in northern colleges, and their minds have been 

 enriched by foreign travel. In polite literature, in philosophy, 

 in political knowledge, some of the citizens have gained a 

 high reputation. Their writings have not only ornamented 

 the pages of scientific works in the United States, but also 

 those of Europe, and have received the unqualified approba- 

 tion of learned societies on both sides of the Atlantic. Hos- 

 pitality also eminently characterizes the people of Glynn. 

 The well furnished house of the planter is always open to the 



